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Gabilan Estate Cellars |
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Chalone Appellation |
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Brosseau Vineyard |
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Pinot Noir |
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Gaja |
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Sperss |
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Appellation: Langhe Nebbiolo
D.O.C. |
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Varieties: 94% Nebbiolo, 6% Barbera |
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1998 |
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Sugarille |
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Pieve Santa
Restituta |
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Brunello di
Montalcino |
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1996 |
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Gaja |
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Ca' Marcanda |
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Promis |
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2002 |
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Gallo |
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Laguna Vineyard |
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Russian River
Valley |
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Chardonnay |
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2004 |
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Chateau Garreau |
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Grand vin de Bordeaux |
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1998 |
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Chevalier du Gastevin |
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Laborie-Roi |
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Gevrey Chambertin |
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1996 |
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Gibson |
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Barossa Vale |
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Shiraz |
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2003 |
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Chateau Giscours |
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Bordeaux |
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Margaux |
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Grand Cru Classe |
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2004 -
September 30, 2008 - RM 88 - $35 - Deep dark purple ink
color, medium bodied, subtle floral bouquet and flavor,
black fruit, slight tar and a hint of licorice becoming more
open and revealing more fruit into the evening. Tasted w/ L,
BYOB at Angeli's, our favorite neighborhood bistro.
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Ben Glaetzer Winery |
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Barossa Valley |
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Amon Ra |
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2005 -
March 27, 2007 |
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Godolphin |
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Shiraz |
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2005 -
January 14, 2009 |
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2004 |
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Robert Parker (WA 96-98) says "This nearly perfect wine,...
(60- to 90-year-old vines)...Its gorgeously sweet, pure nose
of crushed rocks, blueberries, cassis, and minerals soars from
the glass. Floral-like black and blue fruits, an inky/purple
color, and nearly endless depth and persistence on the palate
are the stuff of legends. With extraordinary equilibrium,
precision, and purity, it represents the apogee of Ben
Glaetzer’s winemaking talents." |
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Glaymond Winery |
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Barossa Valley |
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2001 |
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Shiraz |
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Glen Eldon |
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Dry Bore
Shiraz |
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Barossa |
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2002 |
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Puy Lacoste |
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Pauillac
Bordeaux |
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Grand Cru
Classe |
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1989 |
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1982 -
July 9, 2005 |
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Veneur |
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Chateauneuf
Du Pape Rhone |
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Alain
Jaume & Fils |
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Les Origines |
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2005 |
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95 Pts., Robert Parker/Wine Advocate. -
Showing fabulously well, and better than I predicted, the
2005 Chateauneuf du Pape Les Origines is one of the
vintage's great successes, and still very reasonably priced
for a wine of such quality. Dense saturated ruby/purple in
color, it offers up a nose of melted licorice, roasted meat,
tar, graphite, and oodles of blackberry and sweet cherry
fruit. Quite full-bodied, with good acidity, moderate
tannins, and a multi-dimensional mouthfeel, the wine has
superb balance, fabulous concentration, and a long, long
finish.
The tannins suggest 2-3 years of
bottle age would be appropriate, but the wine can be drunk
now, although it should also evolve for up to two decades.
This is definitely a modernist take on Chateauneuf du Pape,
but the wines never lose the soul and typicity of Provence.
They are impeccably well-made, pure, and deeply colored.
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Vintage
Port |
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1990 |
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1985 |
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Barossa
Valley |
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Shiraz |
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2003 -
Wine Spectator 91 - 'Smoky black cherry and tar
flavors, mingling with licorice notes on the fine-grained
finish. ' |
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2002 |
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2001 |
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Groth Vineyards |
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Napa Valley |
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Cabernet Sauvignon |
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2004 -
January 15, 2007 - RM 93 - Wow, this is good! Full
forward fruit filled, lush, delicious now. Loads of ripe
berry, plum, raspberry and currant flavors. Get some and you
will be rewarded now and wish later you had bought more!
Tasted w/ JK and LC at Delmonico's in Tysons Corner. $45. |
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1997 -
July 26, 2000 |
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1993 -
March 29, 2006 |
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1991 -
Sept 21, 2002 |
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1990 -
August 28, 2008 - Earthy, leather, black cherry, hint of
smoke, anise and licorice. ATM birth-year wine tasted BYOB
at Angelis' w/ L commemorating ATM's departure to IU and our
new empty-nest lifestyle! |
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1989 |
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Gruaud Larose |
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Bordeaux |
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St Julien |
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1999 Note 1855 :
Parker : 89/100Wine Spectator : 90/100 |
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1990 |
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1989 |
93 points Wine
Spectator: "Exceedingly well-made and classy, with very
focused blackberry and cedar flavors and a compact fruit and
tannin structure. Try after 1997." (05/92) 91 points Wine
Spectator: "Brilliant and youthful raspberry color. Subtle
aromas of raspberries and spices. Full-bodied, with firm
tannins and long, silky-textured, minty, berry finish. Not
the longest-lived Gruaud, but who cares? Very fine. Drink
now through 2010." (05/99)
RP - 89 - "...a deep ruby/purple color (but not the
opaqueness of the 1990), more obvious tannin, without the
mid-palate and sweet inner-core of fruit exhibited by the
1990. It is a big, tannic, spicy wine, with plenty of
potential..." (89 points) Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
#109, February 1997 (Robert
Parker, 02/01/1997) |
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Rick's Journal -
May 27, 2007,
Aug 21, 2004,
June 25, 2001,
Sept 30, 2000,
May, 1993 |
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1988 |
WS 92 -
May, 1993
Wine Spectator
- This tight and powerful red has lots
of tannin and fruit concentration. Full-bodied, with lovely
violet and berry aromas and flavors. Built for aging.--1988
Bordeaux horizontal. Best after 2002__. Score: 92. —James
Suckling, November 30, 1998. |
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1986 |
"...mammoth
structure, a fabulous wealth of fruit, and a finish that
seems to last several minutes...first-growth
quality...enormous structure, impressive concentration, and
massive tannin..." (94
points) Robert Parker, Bordeaux, 3rd Edition (1998) (Robert
Parker
WS 89 - "Tight, flat, closed nose, with a cedary, tobacco
nuance. Firm, dense structure, dusty with tannins. Fruit
suppressed but roundness emerges, with a hint of cassis.
Should be a big wine.--Gruaud-Larose vertical." Wine
Spectator (Wine Spectator,
02/28/1991) |
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1985 |
June 7, 2003,
May 18, 2003, Feb 7, 2001 -
RP 90- Wine Advocate
- The dark ruby/garnet-colored 1985 Gruaud-Larose
has evolved beautifully. It exhibits a lovely, sweet,
fragrant bouquet of berry fruit, truffles, earth, and smoky
oak. On the palate, the wine is fat, long, forward for
Gruaud, medium to full bodied, and deep. This is one of the
few Gruauds to drink well from bottle. Anticipated maturity:
Now-2005. Score: 90. —Robert Parker, January 1998. |
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1982 |
Oct 19, 2001 -
"...an explosive nose of new saddle leather, plums, prunes,
black cherry jam, chocolate, steak tartare, and roasted
espresso. Unbelievably powerful, thick, and intense...a
monster, blockbuster 1982..." (96 points) Robert Parker's
Wine Advocate #129, June 2000
(Robert Parker, 06/01/2000)
WS 94 - "Superb Bordeaux, perhaps one of the best ever from
this estate. Deeply colored, with wonderful berry and violet
aromas and similar flavors. Shows great restraint and style.
Better in 1996 or '97.--1982 Bordeaux horizontal." Wine
Spectator (Wine Spectator, 08/31/1992)
"Very dark, blackish crimson. Ah, well, Bisto! Only Brits
wil understand this reference but just one smell is enough
to establish this wine as an absolute stonker compared with
everything that has gone before. Fantastic complex bouquet
wth ripeness, gunshot, game, mellow sweetness on the front
palate. Enormous charm. Great succulence and delicacy. Long
and layered. Just so neat and complex ? the very finest
Indian ink. Long and gorgeous." (19 points)
JancisRobinson.com, October 27 2006 (JR, 10/27/2006)
"...complex, perfumed aromas of plum, leather, meat and
minerals. Sweet, lush and young; really stuffed with fat,
meaty fruit. Broad without being really thick, with
impressive precision of fruit...Finishes with big, ripe
tannins and palate-staining sweet fruit..." (94 points)
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, July/August 2002
(Steven Tanzer, 07/01/2002) |
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1981 |
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750, 1500,
3000 |
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| Guada Al
Tasso |
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1997 |
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Bolgheri
Superiore |
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1999 |
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| Guenoc |
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Lake County |
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Cabernet
Sauvignon |
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1984 |
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750, 6000 |
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Chateau Guiraud |
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Bordeaux |
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1er Cru
Classe |
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Sauterne |
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1998 |
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